"Nothing in the worldIs as soft and yielding as water.Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible,Nothing can surpass it."
Preeminent Chinese philosopher, Laozi (老子)
The Old Boy, Laozi, is one of China’s most renowned philosophers. Hailing from Quren, a hamlet in...
While we speed along in a high-speed train on our way to Shanghai through the water towns of southern Jiangsu Province; Wuxi, Suzhou et al, it’s sobering to think that a little more than a decade ago, not only...
Chesna Goel from Nanjing International School reminds us on the importance of reducing our water footprint.
南京国际学校的Chesna Goel提醒我们减少水足迹的重要性。
“Don’t! We don’t want your money; just get us some food and water, please!”
“不要！ 我们不想要你的钱；请给我们拿点食物和水！”
Last year during the holidays, my family and I...
Do you get the feeling that whenever something good happens, something bad is almost certain to follow? I’m sure that almost everybody has experienced this in one way or another, at one point. There is some truth in the...
At the core of every culture, within their respective holidays and customs lie an almost inherent tradition of gift-exchange.
From striped-ribbon boxes that sleep under a tree, to envelopes that don a rich red hue, the idea of “gifts” has...
“Midway upon the journey of our life / I found myself within a forest dark / For the straightforward pathway had been lost.” (The Divine Comedy; Dante Alighieri)
Do you remember when you were little, thinking “I can’t wait ‘til...
You know who they are. Almost without exception, they wear the same clothes every day. Mind you, they seem so dirty that even if they were changed, you would hardly know the difference. Mostly, they are female, but oddities...
“I am not eating that! It’s been expired for over a year now.”
“So, what? It doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with it…”
Now this, shockingly, is quite common in my house. Often, we have some old food packets and expired...
